I’ve missed the weekend, so the jobs have piled up. Today I was ready to catch up. One job was to plant out the last of the plants from my greenhouse bench. I’ve run out of room in my greenhouse. In all fairness, I need another greenhouse, but until we […]
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Growing and felting
Our first homegrown strawberries of the year. At the weekend, I found one strawberry with the tell tale sign of a bird feasting on it, so I have covered over the strawberries with a black netting. The holes are big enough for the bees, but too small for the birds. […]
Read moreI love bees, all types of bees
We have a good collection of soft fruit bushes and fruit trees. Not on the commercial scale, but getting close to making us self sufficient. I’m working on closing the gap. As a result, I have a keen interest in the little winged beings visiting every single blossom that my […]
Read moreYeh!…Oh…. It's yellow.
Eight years ago, I was visiting a friend. This friend was in the middle of making over her garden. She was taking her small garden from a rather plain, flat garden to an altogether different place. There was decking, water features, stone clad raised beds and newly created slopes. It […]
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